Latoya Lyerly, the woman accused of sparking the blaze that killed three people in Homewood North, was there as it burned watching.

'She was the demon': Victim's friends call out woman who set boarding home on fire

Latoya Lyerly, the woman accused of sparking the blaze that killed three people in Homewood North, was there as it burned watching.

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Updated: 6:18 PM EST Feb 18, 2016

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WEBVTT SHELDON IS LIVE AT THE SCENE IN HOMEWOOD TONIGHT. SHELDON. REPORTER: EXACTLY RIGHT. WE ARE ABOUT TO SHOW YOU INDIVIDU ROW WHEN LATOYA SHOWED UP AT THE FIRE. SHE SET THE FIRE AND WALKED OUT. SHE STAYED IN THE FIRST FLOOR BEDROOM. THE THREE PEOPLE THAT DIED WERE UPSTAIRS. SHE SET THE FIRE IN MORE OWN BEDROOM POLICE SAY, WALKED OUT, OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN CAME BACK LATER WHILE FIREFIGHTERS AND EVERYONE ELSE WAS STILL AROUND. HERE IS LATOYA LIRARLY PLAYING OUT AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT AS SHE RETURNS TO THE SCENE OF THE FIRE POLICE SAY SHE SET. POLICE SAY THAT SHE GRAVE THREE DIFFERENT STORIES, FIST FIRST NOT KNOWING HOW IT STARREDDED, THEN SAYING IT WAS ACCIDENTAL WITH A CIGARETTE. SHE WENT ONTO ADMIT SETTING THE FIRE INTENTIONALLY AFTER ARGUING WITH THE MAN WHO RAN THE BOARDING HOUSE THE NIGHT BEFORE. HE WAS A 73 WHO DIED IN THE FIRE WITH TWO OF THE PEOPLE AND THERE IS MORE. ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT SHE SAID THE HOUSE WAS FILLED WITH DEMONS. SHE CALLED IT A TRAP HOUSE AND SAID SHE HAD TO FULFILL A MISSION AND KILL EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE, AND SHE KEPT HEARING VOICES, TELLING HER TO CARRY OUT HE MISSION. >> SHE SAID SHE BELIEVED THE HOUSE WAS FULL OF DEMON , BUT SHE WAS THE DEMON THAT WAS IN THERE FOR REAL. IF THAT WAS THE CASE SHE WAS THE DEMON THAT WENT IN THE HOUSE. >> SHE IS A PICK PERSON, UH-HUH. REPORTER: AS FOR THE OWNER, HE USED HIS HOME TO PROVIDE SHELTER FOR PEOPLE NEEDING HELP, INCLUDING LIRARLY THE WOMAN ACCUSED OF SETTING THE DEADLY FIRE. >> HE WAS A KIND, GENEROUS PERSON WHO OPENED HIS HOME TO PEOPLE WHO NEEDED HELP, AND NEEDED SHELTER. >> HE TRIED TO HELP PEOPLE OUT WHEN THEY ARE OUT IN THE COLD, HELP THEM GET O THE STREETS. REPORTER: NOW WHAT IS SO DISTURBING TO MANY PEOPLE IS THAT THE MAN WHO WAS THE LISTED LESS DEPOSITIONS IN THIS HOUSE HE WAS OPEN IT FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE HOMELESS OR NEEDED SHELTER, INCLUDING LIARLY HERSELF. JUST THEE PEAKS ARE WEEKS AGO SHE LIVED IN A HOMELESS CENTER IN MCKEESPORT.

'She was the demon': Victim's friends call out woman who set boarding home on fire

Latoya Lyerly, the woman accused of sparking the blaze that killed three people in Homewood North, was there as it burned watching.